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[[File:wheelbarrow_sprite_preview.png|right]]A '''wheelbarrow''' is a [[tool]] used to increase the speed of [[hauling]] heavy items. Wheelbarrows can be made of [[metal]] or [[wood]] at a [[metalsmith's forge]] or [[carpenter's workshop]], and can carry a single item (or stack of items, e.g. [[prepared meals]]). This is equivalent to one fifth of a [[minecart]]'s capacity.
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A '''wheelbarrow''' is a [[tool]] used to increase the speed of [[hauling]]. Wheelbarrows can be made of [[metal]] or [[wood]] at a [[metalsmith's forge]] or [[carpenter's workshop]], and can carry the equivalent of a single [[stockpile]] tile, be it a single [[stone]], a bin or barrel (with its contents included), or a stray item. This is equivalent to one fifth of a [[minecart]]'s capacity.
  
 
== Construction ==
 
== Construction ==
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| [[Wood]] (1 log) || [[Carpenter]] || [[Carpenter's workshop]]
 
| [[Wood]] (1 log) || [[Carpenter]] || [[Carpenter's workshop]]
 
|- style="background: #F2F2F2"
 
|- style="background: #F2F2F2"
| [[Metal]] (2 bars) || [[Blacksmithing]] || [[Metalsmith's forge]] or [[Magma forge]]
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| [[Metal]] (2 bars) || [[Metal crafter]] || [[Metalsmith's forge]] or [[Magma forge]]
 
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== Utility ==
 
== Utility ==
[[File:De re metallica 1556-085.png|thumb|Dwarven wheelbarrows are sturdy and practical.]]
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Each [[stockpile]] may have up to 3 wheelbarrows assigned for [[hauling]] items to that stockpile. ([[DFHack]] allows assigning more than three wheelbarrows per stockpile.) Stone stockpiles have 1 wheelbarrow automatically assigned upon designation, though any stockpile can have wheelbarrows assigned in the Set Building Tasks/Prefs ({{k|q}}) menu with the {{k|w}} hotkey. Wheelbarrows will be stored in their assigned stockpile when not in use, potentially sharing a tile with a stockpiled item. A stockpile's wheelbarrows are only used to carry items ''to'' that stockpile; they will not be used to carry items away ''from'' it.  
Stone stockpiles have 1 wheelbarrow automatically assigned upon designation, though any stockpile can have wheelbarrows assigned in the stockpile ({{k|p}}) settings menu in the "Storage and tools" submenu (barrel icon). Wheelbarrows will be stored in their assigned stockpile when not in use; when used to haul an item to that stockpile, the item and the wheelbarrow will both be dropped onto the same tile. A stockpile's wheelbarrows are only used to carry items ''to'' that stockpile; they will not be used to carry items away ''from'' it.  
 
  
Dwarves carrying items in wheelbarrows will ignore both the weight of the wheelbarrow's contents and the weight of the wheelbarrow itself, moving always at their top speed. This makes them particularly useful for hauling heavy items like stone, which slow haulers a lot.
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Dwarves carrying items in wheelbarrows ignore the weight of the contents, moving always at their top speed. This makes them particularly useful for hauling heavy items like stone, which slow haulers a lot. There's little benefit to carrying light items in a wheelbarrow, as dwarves won't load multiple items in it.  They will, however, load a single bin ''full of items'' in a wheelbarrow.
  
Dwarves will haul any items weighing exactly 75Γ or more via wheelbarrow if their destination stockpile has wheelbarrows enabled and available. All stone boulders (with the exception of [[raw adamantine]]) weigh significantly more than 75Γ - these are the most common heavy items most players will find themselves needing to haul during normal gameplay. Any items weighing less than 75Γ will not be hauled via wheelbarrow, even if there are empty wheelbarrows available. Once again, the weight of wheelbarrows is ignored for this condition, meaning that a dwarf will not haul a 50Γ object with a 50Γ wheelbarrow, despite how the combined weight would be greater than the 75Γ threshold.
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Wheelbarrows carry less stuff than [[minecart]]s, but do not require a track to be preconstructed, and can go up and down stairs.
  
Wheelbarrows carry less stuff than [[minecart]]s, but do not require a track to be preconstructed, and can go up and down stairs.
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If wheelbarrows are assigned to a stockpile, dwarves will use them exclusively and cease hauling items to it with their bare hands, meaning that the number of assigned wheelbarrows is also the maximum number of active hauling jobs for said stockpile. This behaviour can save haulers for other more urgent jobs, but is sometimes inconvenient. Increasing the number of assigned wheelbarrows and adding linked stone stockpiles can allow you to pour more dwarfpower into hauling. If you set wheelbarrows at your stockpile to 0, all haulers may carry stones there, but will do it by hand, which is painfully slow work when long distances are involved.
  
 
== Forging and Melting ==
 
== Forging and Melting ==
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== Bugs ==  
 
== Bugs ==  
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* Once a stockpile has an assigned wheelbarrow and a bin/barrel, storing an item in this bin/barrel will be split into two separate jobs: hauling the container by hand to the location of the item to be collected, and fetching the wheelbarrow to return the errant container. Since this doubles the number of trips, it is generally inadvisable to enable wheelbarrows and containers in the same stockpile.{{bug|5964}} As a workaround, a "feeder" stockpile with wheelbarrows enabled can be designated to "give to" an adjacent "storage" stockpile with containers enabled.
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* If all of a stockpile's tiles are occupied by wheelbarrows, it will stop requesting new items even though the tiles under the wheelbarrows have no stockpiled item.  Consequently, stockpiles need to have more tiles than wheelbarrows to work correctly.{{bug|8861}}
 
* If all of a stockpile's tiles are occupied by wheelbarrows, it will stop requesting new items even though the tiles under the wheelbarrows have no stockpiled item.  Consequently, stockpiles need to have more tiles than wheelbarrows to work correctly.{{bug|8861}}
 
* Items can occasionally be left inside a wheelbarrow, causing the wheelbarrow to become unusable. This can cause a stockpile to stop collecting stone if all of its wheelbarrows end up in this state{{bug|6074}} You can work around this by marking the contents of the wheelbarrow for dumping.
 
  
 
* Dwarves carry wheelbarrows instead of pushing them when the wheelbarrows themselves are being hauled.{{bug|6008}}
 
* Dwarves carry wheelbarrows instead of pushing them when the wheelbarrows themselves are being hauled.{{bug|6008}}
  
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* Items can occasionally be left inside a wheelbarrow, causing the wheelbarrow to become unusable. This can cause a stockpile to stop collecting items if all of its wheelbarrows end up in this state{{bug|6074}} You can work around this by marking the contents of the wheelbarrow for dumping.
When they push an empty wheelbarrow, any dwarf walking by will jump in and demand a ride. To avoid this, the decision was made long ago that empty wheelbarrows must be carried to avoid elvish-type laziness.
 
 
 
 
 
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